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[House  of  Representatives,   No.   343.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  January  20,  18G5— Read 
first  and  second  times,  laid  on  the  table,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Herkert,  from  the  Committee  on  Claim?. 


A    BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  providing  for  the  auditing  and  payment  of 
properly  authenticated  claims  against  the  Cotton  Bureau 
in  the  Trans  Mississippi  .Department. 

1  "Whereas.  Under  authority  of  Lieut.  Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith,  com- 

2  manding  the  Trans-Mississippi  Military  Department,  large  quan- 

3  tities  of  cotton  have  been  purchased  for  the  use  of  the  Confeder- 

4  ate  States,  by  W.  A.  Broadwell,  appointed  for  that  purpose,  and 

5  for  which  certificates   have  been  given,  providing  that  payment 
<i  should  be  made  as  Congress  might  thereafter  prescribe.     And 

7  whereas,    Said   claims  cannot  be  paid  without  the  sanction  of 

8  Congress,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  contract,  Therefore, 

1  The   Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  dot9nact, 

2  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  do  cause  all  such  claims  for 

3  cotton  sold  and  delivered  to  the  said  W.  A.  Broadwell   for  the 

4  use  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  examined  and  audited  by 

5  the  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  Military 

6  Department,  according  to  snch  regulations  as  he  may  deem  just 

7  and  proper,  and  that  tkere  be  paid  therefor  just  compensation 

8  out  of  any  funds  appropriated  thereto. 


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